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In reply to the discussion: I just read the Shkreli indictment from beginning to end. He is so fucked. [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)21. There is both a criminal indictment from the US Attorney's office, and a separate SEC complaint.
http://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2015-282.html
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2648425/Martin-Shkreli-SEC-complaint.pdf
The SEC complaint is a civil complaint only and indeed cannot send him to prison. It's the separate criminal indictment that will do that.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2648425/Martin-Shkreli-SEC-complaint.pdf
The SEC complaint is a civil complaint only and indeed cannot send him to prison. It's the separate criminal indictment that will do that.
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I just read the Shkreli indictment from beginning to end. He is so fucked. [View all]
Nye Bevan
Dec 2015
OP
"we took action in a number of investment fraud prosecutions in recent months"
Nye Bevan
Dec 2015
#9
There is both a criminal indictment from the US Attorney's office, and a separate SEC complaint.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2015
#21
I hope that you are correct. that slimy little punk deserves to spend a long time in jail.
niyad
Dec 2015
#26
"With respect, a sentence measured in months and not years would be adequate in this case"
Nye Bevan
Dec 2015
#32
Thanks for the post Nye, it is somewhat ironic with regards to another news story
GummyBearz
Dec 2015
#54